Lee Schrager on his career in food & beverage and Mike's criticisms of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Lee Schrager is the senior vice president of communications and corporate social responsibility for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirit of America. He’s also the founder of the New York City Wine & Food Festival and the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
Mike Beltrán’s criticisms of SOBEWFF are no secret. In fact, if you’ve heard enough other episodes of this podcast, you’ve heard a lot of them. Mike invited Lee on as a guest for this episode of Pan Con Podcast. In this conversation, the two talk about Lee’s professional history and how it led to the birth of the South Beach festival 22 years ago. The two also open up about their tense relationship and disagreements.
A chunk of this conversation was cut from the final product. This chat was recorded days before the Michelin Guide awarded its first ever Florida Stars. We elected not to include the conversation about whether anyone was left out unfairly. You can, however, find some of Lee’s thoughts on that on Instagram.
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